Tribal School Initiative Student Teacher Adrienne Tinsley
English Education student Adrienne Tinsley completed her student teaching as the first Tribal School Initiative student teacher. Here she is talking about her experience!
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Sculpted Words
Six stanzas and an envoi. The dizzying pattern that set my path straight. I first came across the sestina in an Intro to Poetry class at Black Hawk College. The assignment read as… Continue reading
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Zee Almutairi majored in English, with a particular focus on theory and culture. He went on to earn an M.A. in Political Science from Western and then attended the University of Iowa Law… Continue reading
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